Quotes about billion
billion kids people savvy sure totally understand whatever
Kids are very savvy about the technology. But I'm not sure they totally understand the implications of a billion people being able to see them doing whatever is posted. Don Tapscott
billion itself managers managing people time
The world isn't fast-paced, it's frenetic. People have to be managers of themselves. Time has been managing itself for 15 billion years; we have to manage ourselves in the context of time. Tony Buzan
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Today, if you look at financial systems around the globe, more than half the population of the world - out of six billion people, more than three billion - do not qualify to take out a loan from a bank. This is a shame. Muhammad Yunus
billion cross dollars expect march mark
Going forward, we expect revenues to cross the two billion dollars mark at 2.14 billion dollars by March 2006. Nandan Nilekani
billion business hitting industry mark means music next online percent retail sales selling turned upside worldwide
Hitting the 1 billion mark means that the business of selling music online is real. Over the next 10 years, the retail music industry will be turned upside down and 25 percent of worldwide industry sales will be made online.
billion congress consider funding immediate needs passage rest subject target
I think the immediate needs of HIPC, subject to the passage by the U.S. Congress of the U.S. contribution, are probably met, ... I think the $2.6 billion to $2.8 billion target is achievable, and then we will need to consider funding the rest of it. James Wolfensohn
billion expect growth include increase million projects spent total
We expect total expenditure to increase to around $6 billion (in 2006). This will include around $4 billion spent on growth projects and $550 million on exploration. Chris Lynch
billions lives putting sure whatever
Whatever we do, before putting in billions of dollars, let's make sure lives are not put in jeopardy, Dennis Hastert
billion bring clarity whenever
I think whenever you are communicating to one billion people, you should bring more and more clarity on what you think.
billion cut rate year
I think they will cut tax: probably at a rate of $4 to $5 billion a year is what they would look at. Chris Richardson
billion less
I think to be prudent, less than $1 billion is more appropriate, Cliff Stearns
billion bit bought burn came continue expected fuel goal prices themselves
I think that they've bought themselves a little bit of time, certainly. But I don't think, even when they came up with the goal of $1 billion in concessions, that they expected fuel prices to be at these levels. I expect they'll continue to burn through cash, and they'll need to do more.
billion budget cannot cut savings
I think the across-the-board budget cut is if we cannot find about $4 billion in savings any other way, then we'll look to that, Pete Domenici
billions budget care created crisis designed energy health inaction myriad plan problems special spent tax trade
It is his runaway budget and trade deficits, billions spent on tax giveaways, backwards-looking energy plan designed by and for special interests, and inaction during this country's health care crisis that have created a myriad of problems for our children's generation. Harry Reid
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It is necessary that the Silverstein organization be granted the $3.5 billion in Liberty Bond financing requested so that these efforts may continue without delay.
billion orders package reached
The package of orders has reached $18 billion as of today.
billion consumers devices enter exciting fund global health including innovation invest major medical pace privileged three
The pace of innovation is accelerating, as three billion consumers enter the global marketplace. We are privileged to invest this fund in these exciting times. Entrepreneurs will make major improvements in health care, including in personalized medicine, medical devices and therapeutics.
billion combined deal element joint market terms whereas
There is an element to that. The AOL-Time Warner deal must go through; it's $200 billion (in terms of the combined company's market value), whereas the EMI deal is a $20 billion joint venture. Paul Richards
billion erased humans line particular points today
Humans are here today because our particular line never fractured - never once at any of the billion points that could have erased us from history. Stephen Gould
billion continue grow near year
If we continue to grow at 26 percent, we will probably end the year at mid-$11 billion (in revenue), or near $12 billion.
billion estate estimated family founders provide
If we completely repealed the estate tax, it would provide an estimated $32 billion tax break for the Walton family - the founders of Wal-Mart. Bernie Sanders
billions company earning estimates expensive four great ibm internet next others plays research three
IBM Â ( IBM : Research , Estimates ) is another company which I think is one of great Internet plays in the next three or four years, and one of the differences between IBM and others is they're earning billions of dollars. So I think IBM can be bought. I don't think it's expensive here.
billion boot clearly company cost driving fact ground group heel intent issue keeping labor million money opportunity reflecting savings skip work
Out of the $1.4 billion in labor cost savings target, the company let this opportunity skip away over $10 million (severance costs), clearly reflecting the fact that the issue is not money but the company is intent on driving this work group into the ground and keeping the heel of its boot on each of our throats. Jeff Mathews
billion chinese demand effects food indians materials raw ripple rising
Rising demand for energy, food and raw materials by 2.5 billion Chinese and Indians is already having ripple effects worldwide. Christopher Flavin
billions bump carriers dollars forward nice pockets revenue ring tones
Ring tones will be a nice little revenue bump for carriers going forward but it's not as if there will be billions and billions of dollars in their pockets tomorrow, Michael King
billion cuts disposal job land match problem scale situation
Restructuring is always positive. The problem is that the scale of job cuts doesn't match with the seriousness of the situation ... and the 120 billion yen disposal of stocks, land and other holdings is too small,
billion clearly commitment homeland investing
requesting some $36.2 billion clearly communicates this administration's commitment to investing in our Homeland Security. Tom Ridge
billion remains
remains very strong, with over $4.3 billion in cash. Fred Anderson
billions companies cost decades dollars energy enormous excuse federal improve industry leading massive money offers provide reducing save starting taxpayers waste willing
Reducing the federal government's massive energy waste offers enormous opportunities to save taxpayers billions of dollars for decades to come and improve the environment, ... We're starting to make progress, but there's no excuse for this much waste when leading companies in the U.S. energy-efficiency industry are willing to provide the money for improvements at no up-front cost to taxpayers. Jeff Bingaman
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Our net profit number is likely to lie north of 30 billion pesos -- another historic high for PLDT and for any other Philippine corporate. Manuel Pangilinan
billion lives poor third three
In the Third World, there are 1.3 billion poor people. In other words, one out of every three inhabitants lives in poverty. Fidel Castro
billion decided drop expecting fourth investors profit
Investors are disappointed because they were expecting around 5 billion riyals of profit in the fourth quarter. They then decided that the drop was too steep.
billion decided drop expecting fourth investors profit
Investors were disappointed because they were expecting around 5 billion riyals of profit in the fourth quarter. They then decided that the drop was too steep.